On wedesday I sat the final exam for my archaeology degree. WACKO!


Only took ten years.

I'm the first in my family to get higher than a trade certificate.

I thought you guys would appreciate the effort.

I'll have more time for Baut now!

In honour of this auspicous occasion I have chosen a signature, thanks to the wit of Swift (with gender modification).


HR Interviewer: So Ms. Ozzy, I see in your list of publications that you only have one patent.
Ozzy: Yes, but it was for creating the whole Universe.
HR: Uh huh. Have you done anything since then?
Ozzy: Uh, the whole Universe. I mean, that was a big invention.
HR: Of course it was. So I take it as, no. When you invent things, such as the Universe, do you work better in a team environment, or by yourself?

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HR Interviewer: So Ms. Ozzy, I see in your list of publications that you only have one patent.
Ozzy: Yes, but it was for creating the whole Universe.
HR: Uh huh. Have you done anything since then?
Ozzy: Uh, the whole Universe. I mean, that was a big invention.
HR: Of course it was. So I take it as, no. When you invent things, such as the Universe, do you work better in a team environment, or by yourself?
Swift (2008)

Congratulations Ozzy !

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Jean
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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein

"The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge " - Bertrand Russell

Congratulations! It took me eight years to get my B.Sc. (geophysics) so you're not that unusual doing it in ten. Sometimes it's better to take things a little more slowly.

- J

Well done Ozzy!

I'm working towards my BSc through the Open University. That'll take me a few years.

Congrats Ozzy!

Bring on the Gaudeamus igitur! (and the champagne)

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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

Nice!

Time for Baut is always a good thing (in moderation).

I had to look that up.

Indeed, let us rejoice. Ozzy, can you tell us what your plans are now?

Congrats, Ozzy.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

'Grats Ozz... now don't do what I did and wait 'til I get a degree to change my mind on what field of work I would like to do.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

Congrats! I hope to get a degree in archeology someday, too!

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Congratulations Ozzy!

Any plans?

You know, the more time I spend here on Baut, the more I'm interested in anthropological archeology. Or is it acheological anthropology?

Regardless, of particular interest is: "...understanding distribution and movement of ancient populations, development of human social organization, and relationships among contemporary populations..."

Maybe in the second half of my life...

Congratulations Ozzy, now I will have to remove Swifts quote from my signature.

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You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. But you can not please all of the people all of the time.

"Why change passwords when you've got a baseball bat?"

Archaelology is a large field. What is your specialty? Classical, Mid-Eastern, American, pre-historical, etc.?

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Ach, mein Sinn, wo willst du endlich hin, wo soll ich mich erquicken? Bleib' ich hier, oder wünsch' ich mir Berg und Hügel auf den Rücken?
Bei der Welt ist gar kein Rat, und im Herzen steh'n die Schmerzen meiner Missetat, weil der Knecht den Herrn verleugnet hat.

Way to go Ozzy. Having just spent 10 years to achieve something significant you might appreciate this story.

Last week, my boss threw a resume' (called CV in some parts of the world) on my desk and asked me what I think. The candidate had a master's degree in electrical engineering and bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Impressive, I thought, so why is the guy presently working a mundane job? I decided to look back at which university he got his degrees from.

Considering I am presently involved with my daughter sending out university applications and tons of university literature we have recieved over the past year I was curious about this applicant's university. I never heard of it. Well one minute on the internet answered all of my questions: Rochville University It was then I realized he got both degrees in the same year! Needless to say, he did not get a new job that day.

Congratulations to you.

Thanks everyone for the warm responses.

Plans?

I am talking to a major developer/distributor about a series "Archaeology in Australia"

I am producing a plainspeak version of my recent report "Chinese Archeology in far north Eastern NSW 1840-1940".

Trying to get funding to produce a brochure to convince private landholders to report Aboriginal sites on their land (based on previous research and presentation.

Trying to get my foot in the door for some cultural heritage assessment work.

Thinking about doing part time honours, and seeing if i can start a dig at a Chinese mining settlement identfied during my study.

and ... woke up at 4 am on Wednesday night with the notion to write a history/fiction about Chinese immigrants during the late 1800's - early 1900's.

Looks like I'm becoming the local expert on modern Chinese archaeology in the region where I live. I'm also very interested in pre-European Chinese contact in Oz.

I think my real niche will be archeological communication. Its why I started the degee in the first place.

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HR Interviewer: So Ms. Ozzy, I see in your list of publications that you only have one patent.
Ozzy: Yes, but it was for creating the whole Universe.
HR: Uh huh. Have you done anything since then?
Ozzy: Uh, the whole Universe. I mean, that was a big invention.
HR: Of course it was. So I take it as, no. When you invent things, such as the Universe, do you work better in a team environment, or by yourself?
Swift (2008)

congrats

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This whole internet thing is probably not a passing fad.-Ronald Brak
While speech might be free, consequences cost.-Doodler

It does happen, but only in very exceptional circumstances.
Case Institute of Technology (where the Michelson-Morley experiment was done) gave Donald Knuth his MSc at the same time as his BSc and told him to start PhD'ing immediately rather than waste time on getting a degree he was already qualified for, but it's fairly obvious that wasn't what happened with the guy you looked at.

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‘To those who regard “crime fiction” as some sacred icon which must follow a rigid formula, I will always be the man who writes 18-syllable haiku.’Trying to make sense of computers, The Error Log.

I'd be interested in this.

An old boy who worked trawlers off Maroochydore (Queensland coast just north of Brisbane), told me about chinese pots and large brass or bronze hinges that came up in the dredge nets. I'll be checking out a pot soon, but I cant find the hinges (last seen in Alstonville).

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HR Interviewer: So Ms. Ozzy, I see in your list of publications that you only have one patent.
Ozzy: Yes, but it was for creating the whole Universe.
HR: Uh huh. Have you done anything since then?
Ozzy: Uh, the whole Universe. I mean, that was a big invention.
HR: Of course it was. So I take it as, no. When you invent things, such as the Universe, do you work better in a team environment, or by yourself?
Swift (2008)

Hey man, I can dig it (get it, dig it.... oh never mind).

Congrats Ozzy and good luck with that whole interview thing.

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At night the stars put on a show for free (Carole King)

One Earth, One Sky - IYA 2009
All moderation in purple

congrats ozzie.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

http://davidsuniverse.wordpress.com/

They did find some pottery in tree roots, I believe.

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

So we're slowly turning up more and more evidence? Great.

There is speculation that a ship from Admiral Zheng's fleet could have sailed down part of the Australian east coast around 1421. No hard evidence ... yet.

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HR Interviewer: So Ms. Ozzy, I see in your list of publications that you only have one patent.
Ozzy: Yes, but it was for creating the whole Universe.
HR: Uh huh. Have you done anything since then?
Ozzy: Uh, the whole Universe. I mean, that was a big invention.
HR: Of course it was. So I take it as, no. When you invent things, such as the Universe, do you work better in a team environment, or by yourself?
Swift (2008)

Now there's a guy who could sail. Good luck Ozzy, hope you're the one to get it.

Zeng He is one of the historical figures I am most interested in. He had trouble with SALFs back in the 1400s!

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

SALFS?

There are some interesting Chinese reports on the "Land of Parrots", where the leaves fall off the trees in the summer time (eucalypts?).

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HR Interviewer: So Ms. Ozzy, I see in your list of publications that you only have one patent.
Ozzy: Yes, but it was for creating the whole Universe.
HR: Uh huh. Have you done anything since then?
Ozzy: Uh, the whole Universe. I mean, that was a big invention.
HR: Of course it was. So I take it as, no. When you invent things, such as the Universe, do you work better in a team environment, or by yourself?
Swift (2008)